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Back in prehistory, during the Cold War, students of Kremlinology - the arcane science and art of trying to unravel what Winston Churchill called "a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma" - identified a dangerous heresy. "Mirror-imaging," it was called, defined as attributing to Moscow our own motivations, rather than understanding a Soviet communist leadership who lived in a completely different world and dreamed different dreams.
In a sense, it was what Sigmund Freud called "projection," a psychological defense whereby an individual "projects" his own thoughts, motivations, desires and feelings onto someone else. In the Soviet case, the West collectively - hoping against hope - often tried to see Moscow's actions as an expression of a common desire for peace and stability. Ala...
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According to the FBI director Robert Mueller, the decision "is detrimental to the cause of justice." Nowadays a judge must follow procedural rules of equity. [...] epieikeia is ensnared in Derrida's "first aporia," namely, our "freedom" to judge "must follow ... a prescription, a rule" (23).
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The ``Discharge Follow-Up Appointment Challenge'' challenges software developers to create an easy-to-use web-based tool that will make post-discharge follow-up appointment scheduling a more effective and shared process for care providers, patients and caregivers. In addition, developers will need to articulate a plan for broader adoption at the community level. Submissions can be existing applications, or applications developed specifically for this challenge. The statutory authority for this challenge competition is Section 105 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111- 358).
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MILWAUKEE -- The team, based in one of Major League Baseball's smallest markets, hadn't won since 1992. The public soured, crowds shrunk, and the losing went on and on. A new stadium in 2001 didn't help. A new owner took over and, in an unpopular move, slashed payroll.
Sound familiar?
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NEW YORK -- Oil plunged nearly 9 percent to settle below $100 per barrel. Investors who had ridden a months-long rally fled the market Thursday because of concerns about weakening demand for fuel in the U.S.
The decline of $9.44 per barrel, or 8.6 percent, brings the week's loss for oil to $14.13, or 12.4 percent. Other commodities like silver and cotton have plunged as well.
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CHICAGO - Preschool has surprisingly enduring benefits lasting well into adulthood, according to one of the biggest, longest follow- up studies of its kind.
Better jobs, less drug abuse and fewer arrests are among advantages found in the study that tracked more than 1,000 low- income, mostly black Chicago kids for up to 25 years.
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Despite impassioned pleas from supporters of Superintendent Liliam Leis Castillo, the West Covina Unified School District Board of Education voted 3-2 to terminate her contract at a special meeting Thursday night.
Board President Steve Cox and board members Mike Spence and Eileen Miranda Jimenez voted in favor of ending Castillo's contract, while board members Jessica Shewmaker and Camie Poulos voted against it.
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In your golf swing, baseball pitch or javelin toss, it's all about the . When you're being taught any one of these skills, your instructor will emphasize, over and over, that it's not just how you begin the motion that counts. Obviously, beginning well is important. But unless you complete the motion properly, the whole thing will fall short.
Partners often promise to do something for each other, sometimes even begin the thing, but then often fail to follow through. The garden remains half-cultivated, the checkbook got balanced but only to the beginning of the year; the list goes on and on.